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A HOLDUP tOriinLl i t it wu in toe omen time when a. traveler between Denver, and Laramie Bijjst go In an old fashioned stage coacb. ., There was one season when ' the coach waa robbed aa often as once a week. Passengers knew that there itaa one chance In seven of being keld np on the road and traveled with little Or no money on their persons. ever tbeleaa there waa no other ; wayf of , transporting valuables,' and sometimes peraona were obliged to take great ., risks. -v ; - If waa necessary for me to go through to Laramie on Important business. 1 ' found in the coach a young lady and ; inn uiiunn. iuu (euvniuuu utuuu realize the mgn position of women in that uncouth country at' that period. Aa rare and beautiful birds are pro tected by game laws, so were the few women always eafe in the chivalrous sentiment of the many men. , Of course we all aoon got acquainted. the miners, who were of rough ex terior, leaving the young lady to me. The chief topic of discussion waa what we would do in case of a holdup. One miner said that he had a hundred dol lars in dust in bis hip pocket with a revolver and "Would draw the revolver first. The other miner had $50 hid den under his shirt and if required to surrender U at the point of a pistol he would certainly do so. The young ' lady, who waa going east to spend the winter, had her ticket and some small bills in her pocketbooto the rest, four $100 bills, concealed In her balr. . 1 confessed with equal frankness that all I had brought with mo waa in my vest pocket." and it It was taken I couldn't help it. Sure enough, the holdup came. The first we knew of.lt the coach came to a stop and the door was flung open from the outside. Half a dozen masked men stood in the road with rifles' cocked and ready for use while another' held their horses. The man who opened the door ordered the passengers out and to stand In line to be searched, t waa " first examined and relieved of some 850 in my vest pocket The miners came next. T The man with the revolv er In his hip pocket bad no opportunity to use it, for we all stood hands up. He and his friend were troth plundered. The- robbers were rather pleased ito 'find more than usual and. after po- Utely wishing us a pleasant Journey were about to permit us to go on when one of them, looking at me sharply, said: 1 "Young man, weren't you teller In the - bank when a lot of us went through It one day two years ago?" "I was." t ' ' ' "Well, I reckon you must be in the same business now." . -. "I'm buying horses for the govern ment" . r i "What buying horses witb this : chicken feed?" referring to the cash they had taken. "See here," I said. ' "Yon men are not so sharp as you think. ; I Wouldn't be delayed on this trip for a gold mine. If I tell you where yon can find (400. Will you let us go on?"' ', j i "j, At first they said that if I didn't give them the Information I should never go on and began to seaych the coach: Mot finding anything and fea ring an Interruption, they assented to my terms. "You will find it in that young lady's hair," I suid. - t-i ; , ,' , They at once took off the girl's bat removed the hairpins and found the bills, which they held aloft with glee, : - It is many years since I saw the glance of contempt given me by the young lady, but It Is as plain In my. memory today as It was then. It waa something to' wound my amour propre. but the tierce glances turned npon me by the miners Indicated that when left alone- with me they would end my ea reer without benefit either of clergy or Jury. ' The robbers, deUghted with the ad dition to their find, acquired through my instrumentality Jumped on. their horses and rode away in a hurry. The two miners watched them till they turned Mt& t wood. Then the tna wita fane revolver slowly drew it from his hip pocket and. pointing ft it me. said: -"Say yer pra'arsr ' "One moment "t "Not a second! I'll teach yon. yon low down dog. that no man In; Colora do can riiar tucQ ft game a ttfat on a woman, "But"- "Say your pra'arsr thundered the man, nervously endeavoring to kee lla fiasef off Jhe bi-zer pt ,Js plStot It began to look aa If I should be sent out of the world without fin opportuni ty to speak a word. In toy defense, but the young lady interfered. - "Leave him. td me,? she said, brush ing the pistol asiJa with her hand. "He Injured me, not you." The man stood Irresolute. "Give me a chance to explain,",! "Why diJ you do' Itf asked the glrL "t am the caaMer or tbe th KaUon al bank of Denver. I have fifty $1,000 rjwed, rp in my t'thin- It I I '.i t L'v rted tie ati Uon-'c-f V. a robbers, tie woUJ have got it llV Your f 100 will be returned with a splendid Interest You men will each receive a handsome present and wben- evr y"a wo. n our f . .. as rc ' ' tLIng l ti:m." They coi V 2 f " ! r a c want T v . rs e. r.. "e fast f, je to re- 3 Af. 1 1 r 1 for' farmers ' - FlaaUasT Cora, A writer In the Iowa Homestead a iys that In North Carolina corn is plaii.ed in pws sit feet apart and one footln the rows and that a writer says &4 bushels per acre have been grown In that way. The Iowa man Is misin formed. The famous 254 bushel crop grows in South Carolina ' years ago waa, we have understood, really two crops, the first crop being planted early and six feet apart between the rows, and when this was, laid by another planting waa made midway between the tows. The early cron was cut out when glazed and the second crop cultl vated ana matured. The common method in the south is to plant the tall growing corn SIX feet apart each way and one stalk in a hill. Corn planted in this way and making but one ear per stalk cannot make a big crop even on strong land. "The great need of toe southern corn grower is a proper breed ing of corn to a more dwarf stature, so that it can be planted closely. This has been done at the North Carolina College of Agriculture, and corn plant ed in rows 3 feet 8 Inches apart and rather thickly In the rows made eighty-eight bushels per acre ou up land that a few years previous would not nave made over ten bushels with the ordinary planting and tall corn with single ears. Fully as much Im provement can be made in other sec tions by a study of the whole plant as indicated above. Practical Farmer. Catting: Cora, There has been great loss In the feed ing value of corn fodder by reason of delay in cutting. I use a corn binder and cut when many of the tops of the corn are still green. Just as soon aa the husks are dry and the corn will keep in shocks begin cutting. If there is any doubt as to the curing of the corn, I let the bundles lie on the ground a day or two before setting up. No de vice is needed to make the shocks stand up except a little twine. I plant In check rows, 3 feet 8 inches each way, and make shocks twenty hills square, or 400 hills to the shock. Set up four bundles, placing them well apart at the bottom, and tie the top; then set np the corn evenly all around. When finished, tie again as follows: With a rope having a ring on one end draw the shock' up tightly;: then tie above the rope with binder twine, af t- irward removing the rope. If this work is well done, there will be no Iowa shocks. With four mules and a Viood driver we cut eight to ten acres a day. J. D. Clardy In American Agri culturist .1 Fo Fighting- Cabbage Worms. Soon we will have trouble with the cabbage worm, green - and striped. I Then spraying, dusting, sprinkling and torch burning will be in order. Kero sene emulsion used with a sprayer will kill the worms and is otherwise baron lees. The same may be said of Persian i Insect powder, tduaccd.', powder, etc. Hot water, even at boiling heat may be sprinkled on without damage : to anything but worms, but If the water is at or near boiling beat a sprinkling nozzle should be used that has very fine perforations, and the ' sprinkler should be held at a distance of two and a half to three feet In passing In fine streams from sprinkler to cabbage the water Is sufficiently cooled to prevent Injury to the plants, ( The1 gasoline torch is probably the most effective and expeditious method known for killing cabbage worms, as the flame may be brought in contact with the underside of the leaves. This, instru ment is largely " used by market gar deners. . f ' ' - Gtavens; Coltor. , Ginseng is slow.'. From seed planted this year you cannot get roots to mar ket until 1011. .,.,. , The seed costs $7.50. per ounce, and one year roots cost JO cents each. To plant one acre a foot and one-half each way will - cost" $2,000, -or forty ounces of seed will cost $300.- I At, the end of eight years' labor and care, if you have extra luck and lose no plants, you' -nij have 8,500 pounds of roots, worth $5.50 per pound, if price keeps- up, or $18.70a Of course, if yo grow the roots twice as thick aa this estimate the first cost will be doubled and also the returns. Fbrurcf for yourself what It will coat ier veftr io keen an acre shaded, weed ed, cultivated and watered when nec essary. A merican Gardener. - . Treatsseat at Seed Oats. - Successful treatment of seed oats to prevent smut by the use of formalin are-reported from many quarters. The solution used bas been of various strengths from one to three ounces of oats are spread upon a floor and sprin kled and; then raked with common garden rakes and sprinkled again, and repeat the process for three or four times, or until the oats are thoroughly wetted, and then with shovels heap op I for twenty-four hours. Then spread and dry. ' - 1 tlse ef Seed Grata I m pot-teat. In some E..0.iia experiments com- pflr3t've tests were mnde with large a..J sall s'd; wLcat oati aud beiinsl Tl i most striking resuU were obtaii el from a-Leat The yk-!l from tle aced was almort doct'a t,-it front the email. The dlTerence was less t :.ed v cai.5, etj vrV.'i t tl.rre was prac'Jcal.'y do t Iva-'i3 In pilot ing larje seeX ' ' "' '' " i't Feel r t: : t if Vermla. your ca!t!e, L-rr? or hoi HINTS .ave ticks f c r or Lee or ycur pr-b you lave . JINliLS AND JESTb.- r - Vi Fat' Decraa. . .'...' 'Gainst nature's wisdom we may not pro- teat. Tat that her taste la eorottlmaa not tk beat ' ' I mutt aflfarm. ' Thla ia conclusive teat: . . The fur That matches Maud a complexion, eyn and hair ' v Should tow on Maud, but nature save a j heart r ; . - '' . , v w-Upplncott'a laharlte. . "And now," .said Professor Jonghun ter as he.greetedv Mr. Henry Peck fwhat shall wetnake of yonr little "M; a lecturer? tie lias a sincere taste foi r,I know be bde, replied the n ! parent "He Inherits it from his m th en" Schoolmaster. , Mot So Sarprtelasr. yo' lalk v huckleberry "Does Claud r pie. Claud 'Deed I could eat huckleberry pie till I'm black in de face. BalUuion World. ;.''. . : , Hie Support. No foreign nobleman la he, ' Yet it has come to pas That Mabel pay hi tailor bills. . And Stella pays the gas. Fair PhyUIa atavea the landlord off; On Kate for food he leans; They are the girls he rhymes about In all the magazines. New Tork Times. A Different Qveatloa. . Perkins, JrvWhy aWt you buy thnt horse of Seth's. pop? He's got a fine pedigree. Perkins, Sr. Pedigree! The question ia, Ib be wuth anything? Why, boy. them sasslety folks what comes here in the summer has pedigrees. Brook lyn Life. Polished Cyale. ' Betty Mr. Cyuique is too polished for words. Isn't he? Peggy OU. dear, yes. Everything he says reflects on some one. Town Top ics. 1 ' ;" " ";,. .,f,r 'V'""-. ,t"!- Morganatle. The son of a kingly fanatlo Loved a maid whom his father, em- phatlc, .. Forbade him to wed. 'Tia the style" the prince said, "For combines to be Morganatic!" Chicago Record-Herald. Her Achievement. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Torklns, "you know you Bald we ought to put something by for a rainy day. "Yes." "Well, don't you think this bargain rain coat Is perfectly lovely?" Wash ington Star. r Faraeelng Han. "Mean!" i exclaimed the " museum freak. "Why.: he's so mean that he broke his. engagement to the two bead ed girl because he was afraid of her I millinery bills." Chicago Evening Post I The Original Girl. She's quite original, they say, A blithe and alnsome elf; j -Che plays Beethoven I r a way . '.He didn't know himself. ' " '.. , - Washington Star. dolte Necessary. 'Well,", said the plain citizen, "there 1 are always two sides to a question.' "Of course,' replied the diplomat "otherwise bow could we dodge it?" j Philadelphia Press. . P . ' - Uood at si Bad Thing-. Bill That man is a horrible, liar. Jill-Ob, I don't know; I think he's very good at it Yonkers Statesman. Plda't Try Both. Chased by a dog, I climbed a tree. My trousers are a sight lo aeei 1 am constrained, therefore, to write, ' "The bark was far worse than the bite." ' - University of Michigan Wrinkle. Th Epleare. "They say the glass eater bas made a I fortune." ' : i . 'Yes, he can afford to eat ail cut glass now." Chicago Jews. r. v- ' Behlaa the Tlaiea. 'She has the figure of a Venus." 'Is she,' then, so unfashionable as tnatr Chicago Post ' " ' ' " v ; ,': Coavealeat. ,'.,."' ,-. - , He ate of all the patent foods : Nor asked a single question " t., ; And drsnk the patent medioinea To cure his indigestion . - r " : " . . f bUadslphla ldge. y'iU' I i .. ' 1 , T ' ' .Faetat I Art. Don't yon think her face baa an aitU A j. flclaltJntr-, , r "Tint? tnanl If a a solid color." Cleveland Plain Dealer. As Beea Fro Ototaaee. -How ao you know It's the library r I "The smoke issues In. volumes," New York Life, A Sasetelea f the Idle. '. X don know much geometry. ' But dig I will declare! i v -s ?. ': De man dat'a always hangln' round la seldom on de square. . . - -) -AUauta iConatituUoii. r ' . , Kaew the U(af ' . , The Pastor I hope you never swear When the bany Is irritable. , The Pa rent -Oh. no; the baby attends tb all thatrTJpplncotf y .- Brstae aad Bra la a. That man) deem themselves most Wise Is far from strange when we recall i ioi cn cri-ni o Know. . ' XI we nj triiiia st n. .-- f hliidelphla North American. A Greater CeaTealeaee. "The cpa rest dx-tor is relics away. 'Yes, but the cemetery is right fc.r-.?T." r.rooklyn Er'e. . - - ' -.'-.: ' Flalaad. :- Finland is larger than England. Ire land, Scotland and . the Netherlands combined.- It has Its own constitution, which was framed in 1772, This In strument was modified and changed when, 'In 1S09, the grand duchy was ceded to the emperor of Russia, but it still provides for a national parliament tn which the four estates the nobler theclergy, the burghers and the pear ants are represented, nud names as the bead of the state the Grand Duke of Finland, who Is the tzar. ' Aaeleat Glove Btlqaette. Woodstock and Worcester leather gloves are of ancient celebrity. : In the middle age the giving of a glove wa a ceremony of Investiture in bestow ing land? and dignities. In England, in. the reign, of Edward II.. the deprivn tlon of gloves was a . ceremony of degradation. The Importation of for elgn gloves Into England was not per mltted ontll 1823. ' : riaaslhle. JudgeWbatever1 Induced you to steal six oranges from the stand of this poor old woman? ' Tired Teddy Well, how could I buy 'em when I didn't know de price? Jndjre Couldn't you ask? Tired Teddy Your honor, 1 always was so very timiu about speaking to women. Detroit Free Press. ' Sew Maa-aslne Office. "The express agent won't let us have that shipment of paper." aald the bus! ness manager, "until we plank the cash down." "That's all right, Just announce that the twentieth edition Is exhausted and out of print and let the express man go to blazes." Atlanta Constitution, " A Luntr Job. The Britisher Aw. my good boy! don't seem to grasp your system having numbers on your streets. Would you kindly make it clear to me? The Messenger Make it clear to yes Say, young feller! D'yez know dot me time Is woit tholty cents an Iiour cash in advance? Brooklyn Life. : Responsibility Fixed. Sunday School Teacher Now, can any one tell me who mado the Milk Way? Tommy It was the cow that jumped over the moon. Milwaukee Sentinel. Aceordlna; to Order. Indignant Guest The don't taste like first class eggs. . 4 Dignified Wniter No. suh. You asked for medium boiled, didn't you, suh? Chicago Tribune. Common Phrases. "It showed on the face of it" I - Chicago News. . , His Plight. In front of a millionaire's mansion . Dan Cupid was sitting in tears. "Oh, what,'? I inquired, "is the matter. And what la the causa of your fears T "It's this.") ha replied, with amotion; "A terrible state of affaira; , , If you aren't at the too of the ladder.' You're helped to the foot of the stairs," ' ;" , f ..(' New Tork Tliaaa, Cancerous I j. . i r . i lAtfiratbaveBotlii in g about them to indicate their true a , r-i ces look like ordinary aores and are uaually Hwea as aucn, statue ajjnpie aaive, wasn or nowder be ins? used in the hone of dir. in8 Pnd atTPing tie discharge; hut while ae phfr e i. 'jr temporarily scab over, it again ifeflamt ana festers, be coming as bad of worse than ever. After awhile the deadly poison begins to eat into thrf surrouadinflr flesh and the sore arweadawith WehtfuTraDldkv. Then the sharp ahoou'ng paina, whiclt diatingniah the cancerous from, the common nicer, are felt and be mn fortunate patient ia brought face to face with the snost dread ed of all maladies, a cancerous nicer. - Whenever an talcer of any kind is slow in healing it should be closely watched, particularly if there ia an inherited -pre-aiipoaitioa to cancer. Often times A txuv lienant stubborn ulcer starts from a boil. wart, mole, bruise, blister or pimple, ior when the blood is tainted and the germ and seeds of cancer are implanted in the system, you cannot tell when nor where the deadly poison is going to break out' ? S. S. S. cures these cancerous fcicera and chronic sores, by driving out of the system! a'J the morbid and unhealthy matter that keeps the nicer irritated end discharging.' It punSes aa ilrer.-1.' tri t..e liood. '.aLlicsr it ti tLrow ci Ce term and -. pcao-; taua checit I ing the further f r mation of cancer . ceils, an I when all ) impuriile Lave been 4 t'oxl and (1, ; 1 V 11,1, T V 1 , . "1U UK :. t';e ulcer Leals natn- ra'.lv and permanenUy. 'All r leers, even the smallest,' should be look" 1 upon wi h ai"" icion and treated j ' Ui E v o r y th i ng that tlie appetite calJs for in the way of Reasonable Table T3eil cades at our place. A stock of Iaaricy Groceries tkat is complete in every detail. Call or 'phone for anything- you want to eat and it will be quickly delivered, for "PROMPT NESS'! is our motto. FRENCH Gl SUG" HjNES BROS. LUMBER COn PANY, mtkUuk at taarlia''af A. A . C. iiJt L.'tL f'll.aaJt:'lmf!CTfili at t. ' We manufacture rotiah and dressed Kiln-dried Pine Lnmber of every descrip tion commonly used for builtlinjr purposes, including Moldings, Molded Casings and Base Band Rail, Stair Rails, Etc, We make Laths, Shingles, Tobacco Sticks and get out material for Tobacco H gsheads, Ueat and abhage Boxes. We are always in the market for Lumber, Logs and Standing Timber, for which we pay Cash at m arket prices. If you wish to buy or sell see us and get our prices. We Try to Deal Sqnare as We Coisider Oar Word More Precious Tfan Gold. AT THE HEAD OF ALL TOBACCO FERTILIZERS. MEADOWS' Gold Leaf Tobacco Guano payo " specially prepared lor CAROLINA, r Insures a and Fills your Purse. On its merits alone, it exclusively on his 60 acres of Tobacco. As our goods are manufactured near you and not reshipoed, we claim' Freshness and Good Mechanical Condition. High Grade Cabbage, Potato, Allcrop ad Cot ton Guano., , Our Motto ; " Not How Cheap But How Good." Use our goods and have no regrets. E. H. & J. A. MEADOWS CO., H'n'Frs, Factory on Neuse Riverl"' ' . NEWBERN, C. Place your orders with , J. W. GRAINGER, ii) liW IN THE PAYS I FIRE nor FLOOD a. , .' - ' will not worry you if . you nave a tin roof , put on by us.' We will do your work and guarantee it not " to leak as cheap as : these ' so-called ' tin- ners. .We also make the best tobacco flues that can Ie made for " the monev anvwhere. i Moore & Parrott X "LEADING TINNERS PLUMBERS t tne lands 01 JUASTliiKJN good cure, makes Wrappers one farmer in Jones will use U . KINSTON, 'N. C. ,';. Jj :- - rv - ,rr-:. - . ,. . . . . . - - i An ImnmmihilttJ, - t t.-:---.t to I:.... he sa' r i ti 1 f t' I r- i relL.:e trey lecotne canceroua r, s 1 e i i -,. ....rz inn '-'n'!" r qr-p f " f ;- a
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